Spelling

21 January 2022

This week, we’ve been learning about contractions. Contractions are when two words are combined a letter(s) is omitted – and replaced with an apostrophe. We use contractions in our writing and our speech to be less formal. Your child should practise spelling these contractions…

1. do not/ don’t                               6. he will/ he’ll
2. will not/ won’t                           7. she will /she’ll
3. could not /couldn’t                  8. they will /they’ll
4. should not /shouldn’t            9. has not/ hasn’t
5.  I am/ I’m                                     10. is not/ isn’t

We’ll test ourselves on Friday 28 January 2022 to see how we’ve got on.

For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, visit the Y3,4 spelling page on our website and click here.

21 January 2022

This week’s spellings are words which all use the co- and re- prefix.

• Please learn them for a test on Thursday 27th January.
• co-operate
• co-own
• co-ordinate
• co-exist
• co-pilot
• re-enter
• re-emerge
• re-invent
• re-tell
• re-ignite

21 January 2022

We have a new list of spellings this week from the common exception words list. Try putting them into a pyramid.

Here is an example

Year 1: was  we  were  where  you  your

Year 2: every  everybody  eye  fast  father  find  floor  gold  grass  great

14 January 2022

This week, we’ve been again practising alternative graphemes – different ways to write a sound. We’ve explored lots of different ways to write the  ee, ie sound in the English language. To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home.

You may notice that these words are repeated from last week. This is because the children require further learning on these.

Can your child write a sentence for each word?

increase      bicycle      decide      describe      exercise      guide      height      surprise

For children who would like a further challenge, please create a word family for three of these words by adding suffixes.  For example, increase – increasing, increased

We’ll test ourselves on Friday 21 January 2022 to see how we’ve got on.

For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, visit the Y3,4 spelling page on our website and click here.

14 January 2022

This week’s spellings are all focussed on the ending –a/ent and –e/ance. Remember that some are abstract nouns and some are verbs.

Please learn them for a test on Thursday 20 January

• confident
• confidence
• silent
• silence
• assistant
• assistance
• tolerant
• tolerance
• hesitant
• hesitance

14 January 2022

This week’s spellings are from the common exception words list

Year 1: there, their, they, to, today

Year 2: child, children, Christmas, class, climb, clothes, cold, could, door, even

07 January 2022

This week, we’ve been again practising alternative graphemes – different ways to write a sound. We’ve explored lots of different ways to write the ai, ee, ie sound in the English language. To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home.

increase      bicycle      decide      describe      exercise      guide      height      surprise

We’ll test ourselves on Friday 14 January 2022 to see how we’ve got on.

07 January 2022

This week’s spellings are from the common exception words list.

Year 1:  school, she, so, some, the

Year 2:  after, again, any, bath, because, beautiful, behind, both, break, busy

07 January 2022

This week’s spelling are all homophones but are quite advanced and use different strings of letters. Learn them using the  strategies we have practised in class for a test on Thursday 13 January.

desert
dessert
stationary
stationery
complement
compliment
principle
principal
prophet
profit

10 December 2021

Next week, we’ll continue  to focus on common homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings – this is one of the reasons why English spelling is super tricky!

To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home. Because they’re homophones, it’s most useful to practise these in sentences. You could do this in the car, on a walk or around the table.

hear, here,         which, witch,     to, two, too, 

I can hear a tune. Come and sit here.

Which shoes shall I wear? I saw a witch with a broomstick.

I am going to the shop to buy two lollies. Do you want to come too?

We’ll test ourselves on Friday 17 December to see how we’ve got on.

For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, visit the Y3,4 spelling page on our website and click here.